5 Best High Schools in Austin

5 Best High Schools in Austin Austin is a great city to grow up in, and going to high school there is no exception. Austin boasts many successful high schools, and we wanted to know exactly which ones prep students for postsecondary education.After researching the best high schools in Austin we now have the concrete proof just how great they are. For our first ranking in our school district series, we’ll show you how we calculated the Texas Education Agency’s metrics from the most recent report (2014) to rank each school that met their standards. While the TEA Index is pretty comprehensive, Frog Tutoring decided to evaluate a couple additional factors in the study we found. The following methodology was used in calculation:SAT Factor (24%): The SAT was taken into consideration for this ranking out of a possible score of 2400, since the most recent statistics are from 2014 when the SAT was in it’s old format.STAAR Expectations (22%): When taking the STAAR test into consideration, we look at the percentage of students who met or exceeded the expectations of the test in a given year.TEA Index (22%): We utilized the Texas Education Agency’s 4 areas of academic excellence, which consist of Student Achievement, Student Progress, Closing Performance Gaps, and Postsecondary Readiness.AP Test Factor (18%): We wanted to include the percentage of students that made a score of at least a 3 or better on one or more AP test. We thought this was important to include in regards to college readiness.Graduation Rate (10%): Graduation rate was taken into consideration for the purposes of measuring student achievement and postsecondary readiness.Class Size (2%): Student-to-teacher ratio is important for an individual’s learning, so we took this into consideration.Online Reviews (2%): We have weighted each school’s popularity score based on Facebook reviews, Greatschools.org reviews, and K12.Niche.org reviews.If you’d like to see a more in-depth look at the TEA’s metrics for accountability stand ards, please click here. To determine a definitive ranking for the top high schools in Austin, we combined these 7 factors to create one number to compare and contrast the success of each high school.Let's take a look at the best high schools in Austin!1. LASA High SchoolLASA High School comes in at number one, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 1002. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, LASA was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, Top 25% Student Progress, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Reading/ELA. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 70% of LASA students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.2. Anderson High SchoolAnderson High School comes in at number two, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 2211. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Anderson was re cognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, Top 25% Student Progress, Science, Social Studies, Reading/ELA, and Mathematics. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 67% of Anderson students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.3. Bowie High SchoolBowie High School comes in at number three, with an 17:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 2864. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Bowie was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, Social Studies, and Mathematics. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 56% of Bowie students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.4. McCallum High SchoolMcCallum High School comes in at number four, with an 23:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 1640. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, McCallum was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25% Student Progress, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Reading/ELA . Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 46% of McCallum students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.5. Austin High SchoolAustin High School comes in at number five, with an 21:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 2076. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Austin HS was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Mathematics, and Reading/ELA. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 48% of Austin HS students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.Frog Tutoring Austin Tutors are proud to present the best high schools in Austin based on statistics released by the Texas Education Agency. Please share in the comments any personal experience that you have had in the Austin Independent School Distri ct!5 Best High Schools in AustinCreate your own infographicsNote: We wanted to take a second to explain our methodology, and how we arrived at factoring in each area of success for our rankings. First, we made an extensive spreadsheet (which you can take a look at for yourself here), and collected all of the data that we needed for our results. Then we converted each factor into a percentage and multiplied that number by the percentage of how much it’s worth in our ranking system. Let’s look at an example: LASA High School’s TEA Index ranking is 318/400.235 / 400 = 79.50%Since this is 22% of our total, we used the percentage above to measure how much it’s worth in our ranking system. Which in this case is 22% of the total score.79.50 x .22 = 17.49%If you’d like to know more about this process, please contact our coordinator, Judith, at judith@frogtutoring.com.